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Recent advances in finance for inclusive development : a survey
Asongu, Simplice A.; Moor, Lieven de - 2015
capital in terms of skills & training. The financial instruments are articulated with case studies, innovations and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408920
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Interconnections between governance and socioeconomic conditions : understanding Sub-Saharan African challenges
Fagbemi, Fisayo; Nzeribe, Geraldine E.; Osinubi, … - 2021
Given that challenges facing sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries on the issue of socioeconomic development have been identified as critical to strengthening the inherent link between governance and socioeconomic conditions, this study examines the interconnections between governance and SSA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799928
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and gender equality in 122 countries
Messono, Omang Ombolo; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary gender equality. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the Parasite-Stress Theory, we propose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193681
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Leveraging foreign direct investment for sustainability : an approach to sustainable human development in Nigeria
Fagbemi, Fisayo; Osinubi, Tolulope Temilola - 2020
The paper assesses the interconnections between FDI and human capital development in Nigeria over the period 1981 … capital is found to be insignificant in the long run, while it is significant in the short run. However, following the … significant increase in the level of human capital development, suggesting that the magnitude of inward FDI matters in the economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321100
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Culture and economic development in Africa - opportunities and challenges
Kuada, John E. - 2020
This paper forwards the view that some aspects of African culture enhance economic development on the continent while other aspects tend to constrain development. By drawing on the extant literature on culture and development, the paper discusses the manner in which economic activities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271412
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Political instability and political terror : global evidence on persistence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020
We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181789
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Enhancing ICT for environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017
This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can contribute towards environmental sustainability by decreasing CO2 emissions. The empirical evidence is based the Generalised Method of Moments and forty-four countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730209
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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a survey
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
) human capital in terms of skills and training. The financial instruments are articulated with case studies, innovations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638882
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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a systematic review
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2018
and (iii) human capital in terms of skills and training. The financial instruments are articulated with case studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998250
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417477